Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Review - Outcast by C.L. Talmadge

Rating: You Gotta Read - This is a book that you would tell everyone you know about. It's a book you can't get out of your head even after you close the book or file. There shouldn't be a lot of these.

Reviewed by: Shawn Weisser

The only bad thing I can say about this book is that it ended much too soon! This is the second book in the Green Stone of Healing I have had the pleasure to read and review. C.L. Talmadge has a wonderful storyteller way about writing that leaves me intrigued and wrapped up within the tale she has woven. The characters are rich and full. They invite you into their lives making you either love them or hate them but never ambivalent about them. The family lineage created by the author helps set the background for her story of Helen, the bastard child of two races that have been separated by their difference and united by their similarities. I love the way Talmadge has integrated the mythological with the historical as the storyline resembles pre-Christian Rome. The author blends romance, mystery, hope, and political intrigue. I really loved book four and can’t wait for the rest!